Wire-cloth-display roll rack



July 17, 1923.

- I C. M. M CARTHY WIRE CLOTH DISPLAY ROLL RACK Filed Sept. '14 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 NVENTOR CHAEL ES M. MCCARTHY 5 ATTORNE Y Jufly 117, 3923. f 11,462,349

C. M. M CARTHY WIRE CLOTH DISPLAY ROLL RACK Filgd Sept. 14, 1921 2 Shasta-Sheet 2 INVENTOR CHARLES M.NG6ARTHY 5v ATTORNEY Patented July 17, 1923..

sur stares meat CHARLES M. MoOARTHY, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

WIRE-CLO'IH-DISPLAY ROLL RACK.

Application filed September 14, 1921. Serial No.'500,588.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CrrAnLns M. Mo- GART Y, acitizen of the United States; residing at Minneapolis. in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Wire-ClothDisplay Roll Racks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a display rack, and particularla-y to such a rack designed to hold rolls of screen or wire cloth.

It is an object of this invention to provide a rack on which the rolls of cloth are supported in superposed relation, the width of the cloth and rolls being widest at the bottom of the rack and decreasing toward the upper portion'thereof.

It is a further object of the invention to provide the various rolls of cloth with tensioning means so that the cloth can be drawn therefrom without unwinding too rapidly.

It is still another object of the invention to provide the rack with a cutting table provided with pressing means over wh ch the cloth from the various rolls can be drawn and cut into the desired lengths.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description made in connection with the accompanying drawings in wh ch like reference characters refer to the same parts throughout the different views and in which- Fig. 1 is aview in side elevation of the rack; Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a view in end elevation of the rack, as seen from the right of Fig. 1;.

Fig. 4 is a View on an enlarged scale showing the tension devices; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of a portion of the device.

Referring to the drawings, the device comprises a frame having I spaced base A,

members 1 formed preferably of standard angle iron which are provided with caster supporting rollers 2. These supporting rollers will preferably be of the universal type in which the roller can swing about a central axis. Rising from one side of the base are spaced vertical members 3 also preferably formed of angle iron and these members are connected at the top to a rectangular frame of angle members 4;. The width of the top frame is considerably less than the width of the base frame and these frames are connected at the other side by spaced angle members 5 extending upwardly in an inclined direction. One side of the angle members 3 is provided with holes to form the bearings for the supporting shafts or journals 6 of the rollers 7 upon which the screen or wire cloth is wound. The shafts 6 extend through the rollers 7 and are journaled at their other ends in plates 80f angular formation, Which are riveted, or otherwise secured to one side of the angle members 5. Itwill be seen from Fig/1 that the longest rollers "7 are near the bottomof the supporting rack and decrease in length toward the top thereof.

The base frame is provided with suitable cross members connecting the angles 1 and a pair of contacting angle members 9 extend from said cross members to similar cross members extending between the members 7 4% of the top frame. Pivoted to the members 9 in substantial alinement with the top of the throw and extending outward therefrom are bar members 10 formed with a curved portion .10 at their outer ends which is adapted to overlie and contact with the top of the cloth material on the rolls 7. The members 1 0 are yieldinfrly held against the said rolls of cloth by springs 11 secured thereto and extending downwardly to the members v9 to which their other ends are also secured. a

At each side of the framea cutting table is provided comprising spaced members 12 preferably of. angle formation, which are pivoted at their inner ends to the vertical members 3 and to plates secured to the vertical members 5. These members 12 have secured thereon near their outer ends, the table proper. 13, preferably made o'f'wood'. This table has a groove l3 extending transversely thereacross at approximately its centralportion and a presser. member 14' in the' form of a handle lever extends across the said illustrated in Fig. 1, the blade, preferably table and is pivoted to lugs upstanding adapted I of the links and through a slot in the other link and one of the links is also provided with a stop member 1a overlying the other link. When the table is extended, as shown at the left of Fig. 8, these links are arranged in alinement to form a toggle to support the table but the same can be folded 'at the right of Fig. 3, the members 12 the frame.

inwardly toward the frame and the table swung down parallel to the frame, asshown swinging about their pivot connections with ,Secured to one side of the angle members 3 is a holder-member 15 adapted to receive tape line casing of the spring type, the ..tape line, 16 of which can be drawn outwardly across the table, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the length of the screen to be cut .can be quickly and conveniently measured.

The rolls of screen will be supported, as

described, and when it is desired to cut off ing device 14 and drawn a link from the roll the loose end of the screen will be drawn down under the pressout to the required length, ,thesame being quickly and easily measured by. the tape line 16. The screen #canbe maintained in flat condition by the presser device and when the required length has been drawn out, the pressing device will ,be pressed firmly on the'screen to hold the same in flat conditionon the table and the screen can then be cut by a knife blade, as

,beingmoved along in the groove 13*. The

tension device on the rolls of screen will prevent the same from revolving unduly from their acquired momentum and thus unrolling an' 'undesirable amount of'screen at the roll. The rack can be quickly moved to any desired partof the store or warehouse and the cutting tables thereon can be quickly raised and collapsed, as desired.

1 From the above-description it is seen that applicant; has provided a simple and efficient supporting rack for screen cloth of different character and length and from which the screen can be quickly dispensed.

It is well known that such screen cloth is bulky and awkward to handle when the rolls are loose and such rolls have usually merely been stood about the store. the use of-the rack the rolls are off the ,floor'and out of the way and. can be very With hold the same in a flat condition nacasz e easily and conveniently handled. The rack' is easily and cheaply constructed from standard structural material and has no parts which are complicated or liable to give any trouble.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details and arrangement of the device without departing from the scope of applicants invention, which, generally stated, consists in the matter shown" and described and set forth in the appended claims.

' What is claimed is:

1. A device for supportingand dispensing rolled sheet material having in combina tion, a frame comprising spaced vertical members diverging toward their lower ends,"

rolls extending between and having their ends journaled in said vertical members adapted to hold rolls of sheet material carried thereon, a vertical member at oneside I of and intermediateof said members, and

tension devices for said rolls movably mounted on said last mentioned member and extending over and engaging the tops of said rolls of material, springs holding said tension devices in engagement with said rolls whereby said frame is thus unobstructed at its, outer side so that thematerial of said rolls can be unrolled therefrom and carried outwardly. and down' wardly from said frame.

2. a device for holding and dispensing rolls of sheet material comprising a base frame, a central standard extending verside of said basehaving a vertical sideand another side diverging from said'srde toand journaled in said sides and adapted to supportrolls of sheet' material, arms pivoted to said standardandprQ ectmg at each vtically therefrom. vertical frames at each ward its bottom, rolls extending between side thereof and adapted to contact the tops of said rolls, spring means holding said arms down on said rolls whereby the rolls are unobstructedat theouter sides of said 7 frame so that said material can be unrolled therefrom, and means forming a flat surface for supporting said unrolled materialf ,3. A wire screen rack having in combina tion, a frame having upwardly converging side members, rolls journaled in and ex- .itending between said slde members adapted to carry sheet material, said side members having vert cal surfaces parallel with the ends of said rolls adapted to hold the rolls against excessive long tudinal movement and to facilitate the .unrolling of the sheet material therefrom, and means lretarding the rotation of said rolls contacting the tops thereof whereby the sheet material may be unrolled outwardly at the side of said frame from a roll without removing said roll from the frame.

4. A wire screen rack having in c0mbination, a frame having a vertical side and a side inclined toward the upper end thereof, said latter side having spaced Vertical plates secured thereto, rolls of different lengths eX- 5 tending between said plates and said vertical side and journaled therein and adapted to carry sheet material spring pressed means extending over said rolls to retard rotation thereof, said sheet material being adapted to be pulled outwardly and unrolled from any of said rolls at the sides of the frame.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES M. MCCARTHY. 

